India India is located in South Asia and it is the seventh-largest country by area and the second-largest country in terms of population (1,2 billion people). It is composed by 29 states and 7 union territories. According to Census of India 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages. Hindi is the most spoken language, followed by English. The Indian rupee (INR) is the official currency (1€=76,72 INR as of November 30th 2017). General considerations It is man